Tauren Wells – Fully Exposed

I want the posture of my life to always be a posture of humility, and that’s a daily decision that you make to serve other people; to think about people outside of your own life. For me, I unload the affirmation of people, the praises of people, in worship to God. I think that is one of the things worship was created for. It’s to take glory off of ourselves and lay it before the God who is so worthy and deserving of it.

Worshipping God is the first thing, but then there’s serving other people. You can’t get more like Jesus than when you are serving others. It’s important for me to be connected to my local church. I run sound on the weekends. I change the batteries for other singers. I do things behind the scenes to help elevate other people. That is a great reminder for me that the world doesn’t revolve around me; that it revolves around Jesus, and it revolves around others. Hopefully God will give me the grace to keep that mindset.

CCM: Are there any other songs on this album you plan on unpacking further in sermons?
TW: Oh, yeah. I’m going to speak about the song “Known,” for sure. At some point, I’ll also probably speak about “When We Pray” and “Nothing But You.” I’m hoping to put together a devotional that walks you through the album and gives you the layers beneath the lyrics, because there’s a lot there. We try to say it in three minutes, but could spend thirty or forty on each song.

CCM: Of those three songs, is there one that has impacted you the most?
TW: All of those are pretty impactful, honestly. Probably my favorite one is “Known.” There’s a quote by Timothy Keller that says, “To be loved but not known is comforting, but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.”

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